Fort Perales

Fort Perales was a Spanish fort constructed in 1765 in what is now Kansas. Named for some nearby pear trees, the fort was built by Don Melendez to stave off Sioux raids on the Great Plains, but it failed in its purpose; a Sioux war party (also consisting of Comanche and Cheyenne warriors) attacked the fort and burnt it to the ground that same year, massacring the population and destroying all of the nearby houses.